CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Designing for Emotional Complexity in Games: The Interplay of Positive and Negative Affect @ CHI Play
October, 16-19, Austin, Texas

Workshop Website: https://emco2016.wordpress.com/

IMPORTANT DATES

26th July, 2016: Submissions deadline
12th August, 2016: Acceptance notification
16th October, 2016: Workshop

SUBMISSION FACTS

4-pages CHI extended abstract format
Presentation slides for industry professionals are accepted
Submission via EasyChair (https://goo.gl/uC9eFg)

MOTIVATION

People play games for the experience, and one of the aims of player experience research is to understand what constitutes and contributes to positive gaming experiences. Emotionally challenging and uncomfortable game play experiences have been largely neglected, as they are seemingly at odds with the field’s focus on fun and positive affect. We argue that the positively­ biased perspective on desirable emotions in games misses out on opportunities that the interplay between positive and negative emotions offers.

A previous successful workshop at CHI PLAY 2015 covered this missed opportunity by focusing on the false dichotomy between positive and negative affect.… read more. “Call: Designing for Emotional Complexity in Games: The Interplay of Positive and Negative Affect (CHI Play Workshop)”

Second Workshop on Player Modelling (PM 2016)
Held in conjunction with the Twelfth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE 2016)
8th or 9th of October, 2016 (date TBD), Embassy Suites by Hilton San Francisco Airport, California
http://playermodelling.org/

Deadline for paper submissions: 20 July 2016

Player Modelling has always been a core research topic within the game Computational and Artificial Intelligence (CI/AI) research field. The primary focus of this workshop is on the use of CI/AI for understanding players, their actions, decisions, plans, intentions, and their cognitive, behavioural as well as affective manifestations. CI/AI can also be used for capturing, modelling and optimising the player’s experience during gameplay. We argue that the ultimate direct and indirect use of player models is to assess and enhance player experience. On this basis, this workshop attempts to encourage a dialog among researchers in the AI, human-computer interaction, game design, cognitive modelling, affective computing and psychology disciplines who investigate dissimilar methodologies for improving user (player) experiences.… read more. “Call: Second Workshop on Player Modelling (PM 2016) at AIIDE 2016”

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

FGE 2016: FICTIONAL GAME ELEMENTS: Critical Perspectives on Gamification Design
International Workshop @ The ACM SIGCHI Annual Symposium on Computer-Human Interaction in Play (CHI PLAY), October, 16-19, Austin, Texas

Workshop Website: https://fge2016.wordpress.com/

IMPORTANT DATES

Workshop participation submissions: July 26, 2016
Workshop participation notification: August 12, 2016
Workshop day: October 16, 2016

Please submit by email to: amon.rapp@gmail.com

Motivation

Scholarship in HCI on gamification is largely focused on evaluating the short-term effectiveness and usefulness of this design technique, while other, and perhaps more important aspects, are not receiving similar attention. Side-effects, long-term and systemic consequences, ethical and societal impacts and concerns are rarely raised in the present gamification rhetoric, and a variety of assumptions related to games, fun, and enjoyment are far from being taken into question.

In this workshop we want to fill this gap by eliciting a critical discourse about gamification design by using design fictions.… read more. “Call: FGE 2016: Fictional Game Elements: Critical Perspectives on Gamification Design (CHI PLAY Workshop)”

Call for Submissions

SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications
Conference: 5 – 8 December 2016
Exhibition: 6 – 8 December 2016
The Venetian Macao, Macao

WEBSITE: https://sa2016.siggraph.org/en/submitters/symposium-on-mobile-graphics-and-interactive-applications

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 18 JULY 2016, 23:59 UTC/GMT

The increased power, portability, and ubiquitous connectivity of mobile devices are causing a fundamental shift in how we interact with digital content. The graphics and interactivity that once was only possible with desktop computers is now in the palm of the hand, and can be experienced almost anywhere. Increasingly sophisticated development environments, easy market access through application stores, and widespread device availability are creating new opportunities for a wide range of developers to participate in a global market growing to more than $35 billion annually.

The Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications (MGIA) at SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 in Macao, China is a venue for both industry and academia to explore the opportunities and challenges of mobile applications relevant to the global graphics community.… read more. “Call: SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Symposium on Mobile Graphics and Interactive Applications”

Call for Participation

Next Generation Human-Agent Interaction Workshop (NGHAI Workshop)
To be Held in conjunction with the 4th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2016)
October 4, 2016, Singapore
http://nghai.net/

Submission Deadline (2-4 pages): July 8, 2016

NGHAI is the workshop, held in conjunction with the International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction (http://hai-conference.net/hai2016/), for next generation researchers (young researchers, students, and newcomers) in Human-Agent Interaction field. It aims to provide the opportunity for the next generation researchers to build collaborative relations internationally through presentations and discussions. The constructive relationship will lead the researchers to tackle pivotal challenges, and encourage them contribute further development in the field of Human-Agent Interaction.

LIST OF TOPICS

NGHAI Workshop invites submissions from students and researchers to the field of Human-Agent Interaction. Topics of interest include:

• designs and studies of Human-Agent Interaction, including quantitative and qualitative results,
• theoretical models of Human-Agent Interaction,
• technological advances in Human-Agent Interaction,
• impacts of embodiment (e.g.,